American flight attendants ratify new labor accord

American Airlines’ flight attendants voted by a 59.5%-40.5% margin to accept what the union representing them considered management’s “last, best and final offer” for a new collective bargaining agreement.

American Airlines 757. Courtesy, AA
American Airlines’ (AA) flight attendants voted by a 59.5%-40.5% margin to accept what the union representing them considered management’s “last, best and final offer” for a new collective bargaining agreement.
The Assn. of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) said 93% of AA’s 13,544 flights attendants participated in the vote, which came after the creditors’ committee of AA parent AMR Corp. strongly encouraged ...

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